Poultry feeder



June 23, 1925.

, J. H. KLAAssl-:N

POULTRY FEEDER Fle July 6, 1923 abkozwuj Patented June 23, 1925.

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To @ZZ-107mm may[concern:v Be it known that I, JOHN' II.v KLAAssEN, aV citizen cfjthe UnitedV Satama-residing at George, in the county of Lyon,A State of Iowa, have invented certain new and' useful Improvements in Poultry Feeders;` and 5I do hereby declare the following to be ka full, clear, and exact description o'f the invention, suchaswill enable others skilled-in the art` to which itapp'ertains to'v make and use the This inventionwrelates to poultry appliances and vmore particularly to devices designed for applying oil' or other vermin destroying fluids to the headsof poultry and especially to the heads of young chicks.

The invention has for vits-'object not only to provide a thoroughly efiicientland 'practical head oiler, of the characterstated, but is also designed for automaticallysupplying feed to the poultry.

Another object is to provide a device oi' this nature which may be readily adjusted to suit the various ages of the chicks.

Vith these and other objects in View, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and particularly pointed outl in the claims.

In the drawing wherein 'like characters of reference ,denote corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a combined chick feeder and head oiler constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Fig. 2 is a central sectional view of the same and,

Fig. 3 is a ltop plan view thereof, with. the cover for the casing removed.

Referring now to the drawings andmore particularly to the means for automatically supplying feed to the poultry, thereA is employed a cylindrical casing 10 having an open top and being provided with the bottom 11. This bottom extends outwardly beyond the circumferential plane of the casing 10 with the extended portion being slightly upturned to form the feed trough 12. The casing is provided adjacent the bottom 11 with a series of openings 13, which openings are positioned at regular intervals through'- out the circumference of the said casing. The top of the casing 10 is provided with the removable cover 14 having the handle 15.

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It will thus be seen that 'the feed,` when lplaced within the'casingflO, will gravitate through theopeningslS- into the feed trough 12l and as the feed within thevt-rough is eaten lby the poultry, more feed willfgravitate through the openingstotake its place.v f f- Themeans for supplying oil to'theheads of the chicks is positioneddirectly-above the feed 'trough 12 andincludes 'a cylindrical cover -member c. 16 and *the i cylindricalvr oil containing` member 17.v The cover member 16 is provided'withthevtop w all 18l and the Y sidewalls 19 `vwhile the oilcontainerfl? 'is provided with the bottom wall 2O and the side walls 21. The side walls 21 ofthe oil container 17 are adapted. to be'received'within the space between the vside walls 19 of the cover member 16, as'will be clearly seen in Figure 2.'

" Y i In the top wall Y18 vofthe cover' member 16, there is formed an opening 22 through which oilis to be supplied to the oil container 17 and the oil is then conducted from the inside of the container to the outside, through the medium of the absorbent material 23. cover the bottom and side walls of the oil container and the edges of the absorbent material are adapted to hang down in the oil within the container. The oil containing member 17 is also held within the cover member 16 through the medium of the friction which naturally results when the absorbent material is pressed between the side walls of the cover member and oil container.

The oiling device is held in position upon the casing by the friction between the said casing and the springs 24 and 25. These springs 2a and 25 have their ends secured to the oppositely directed hooks 26 and 27 and it will be noted that the springs are so positioned that they normally span a portion of the opening within the cylindrical members so that when it lis desired to place the oiling means on the casing the springs must be stretched outwardly, as shown in Figure 3 with the result that they bear against the casing and thereby hold the oiler in its desired position. y

Vhen it is desired to oil the heads of the chicks, the oiler is first properly positioned on the casing, according to the age of the chicks and feed is then placed within the container or casing, and because of the absorbent lqualities of the absorbent material,

This material isv adapted toV this material becomes thoroughly saturated with the oil from within the oil container with the result that as the chicks raise their heads after eating from the trough, their heads come into contact with the oily material and their heads thereby oiled.

It is' of course to be understood that while one particular form has been shown for carrying the invention into practice, variouschanges in the construct-ion, and arrangement of the device may be resorted to Without departing from the scope of the invention set forth in the appended claims.

lV/Vhat is claimed is:

l. The combination with a feeding device including a receptacle having a feeding means, of a disinfectant container encircling the receptacle and slidable longitudinally thereof, and resilient means carried by the container and frictionally engaged with the receptacle for holding the container at different distance from the feeding means.

2. The combination with the feed container of a poultry feeding device having a feeding tray on its lower end, of a disinfectant discharging means encircling the container and being movable toward and away from the feeding tray, and friction means on the disinfectant means engaged with the container for holding the said 3. The combination with the upright feedv container of a poultry feeding device having a feeding tray on its lower end, of a disinfectant discharging means including a hollow disinfectant ring encircling the container and arranged to be moved toward and away from said tray, and means on the ring frictionally engaged with the container for holding the ring in different adjusted positions with respect to said tray.

4:. The combination with the upright container of a poultry feeding device having a tray on its lower end, of a disinfectant discharging means including a hollow ring encircling the container and arranged to be moved toward and away from said tray, means carried by the ring for discharging disinfectant onto poultry eating from said tray, and spring means secured to the ring land frictionally encirclingV Ythe receptacle whereby to hold the ring 'in different positions with relation to said tray.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN H. KLAASSEN. Witnesses:

C. C. CRAWFORD, H. D. AYKENS. 

